Boston Red Sox vs St. Louis Browns
May 20, 1938 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1938 at Sportsman's Park III. The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Browns and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Boston Red Sox 16, St. Louis Browns 2

Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Cramer cf 7 2 3 0
Chapman rf 5 1 4 3
Vosmik lf 6 1 1 1
Foxx 1b 3 3 2 0
Cronin ss 4 2 2 2
  McNair ss 1 0 1 0
Higgins 3b 6 2 3 2
Doerr 2b 5 2 1 1
Desautels c 4 1 2 3
Grove p 5 2 3 4
Totals 46 16 22 16
St. Louis Browns ab   r   h rbi
Mills B. lf 4 1 2 1
Clift 3b 4 0 2 0
Kress ss 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 0
West cf 4 0 0 1
Heath c 4 0 2 0
McQuinn 1b 4 0 0 0
Heffner 2b 4 0 0 0
Walkup p 1 0 0 0
  Cole p 0 0 0 0
  Van Atta p 1 0 0 0
  Bonetti p 0 0 0 0
  Allen ph 1 0 0 0
  Mills L. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Boston 001 157 10116221
St. Louis 011 000 000281
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Grove  W(7-0) 9.0 8 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
3
  St. Louis Browns IP H R ER BB SO
Walkup  L(0-4) 4.0 8 5 5 2 1
  Cole   0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Van Atta   1.0 2 6 6 5 1
  Bonetti   1.1 4 2 1 0 2
  Mills   2.0 4 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
22
16
15
9
6

  E–Doerr (5), West (2).  DP–Boston 1. Higgins-Doerr-Foxx, St. Louis 3. Kress-Heffner-McQuinn, Clift-Heffner-McQuinn, Heffner-Kress-McQuinn.  2B–Boston Cramer (7); Vosmik (7); Foxx (5); Cronin 2 (12); Desautels (3), St. Louis Clift (2).  3B–St. Louis Bell (1).  HR–St. Louis B. Mills (1,3rd inning off Grove 0 on).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  SB–Foxx (3).  U–Joe Rue, John Quinn, Bill Summers.  T–2:19.  A–1,529.
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